We, the undersigned civil society organisations call for a fundamental overhaul of the trade policy decision-making process for ongoing and future trade and investment agreements of the EU. Modern trade agreements are increasing in scope, reduce policy space and...

ISDS at a dangerous crossroads S2B position on the European Commission proposal for a multilateral investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism Globalisation is at a dangerous crossroads. One path leads to stronger protection for human rights and the environment and...

Joint Statement : 455 European and Canadian civil society groups call for rejection of CETA Download the PDF version November 2016 We, the undersigned civil society organisations from Canada and Europe, hereby express our deep concern about the Comprehensive...

An open letter to the parliament of Wallonia and Belgian voters on the proposed CETA and its foreign investor protection system, by 11 Canadian academics. This letter is reproduced here for information only. Download the PDF version. Published...

Since the 2000s the European Union has been negotiating so called Economic Partnerships Agreements (EPAs) with ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific Rim) countries as a substitute to preferences offered by the Lomé and Cotonou agreements, outdated along WTO rules. Those...

S2B statement, 19 may 2016 A new leak reveals that 5 EU member states are proposing to introduce investor-to-state dispute settlement for all cross-border investments within the EU The Seattle to Brussels Network strongly condemns the outrageous attack by...

Monday 22nd February, 2016 – Ahead of the 12th round of TTIP negotiations, 280 civil society organisations from across Europe, with the support of US and Canadian groups, have called on the European Commission and the United States Trade...

No more business as usual: global trade rules need to work for people and planet S2B believes that global trade needs to be made to work for the benefit of people and planet and that trade rules should...

The Seattle to Brussels (S2B) network believes the new European Commission (EC) trade strategy “Trade for All” is a continuation of the EC’s existing trade strategy: it remains obsessed by serving EU corporate interests. Trade for All, launched yesterday...